Horseshoe.



J. A. DOLAN.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23. 1915.

1,152,715. I Patented sept. 7,1915.

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err Trier earner JAMES A. DOLAN, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGIEOR TO THE HORSE SHOE COMPANYQVOF HAETFORD, CONNECTICUT, A GORPGBATION 0F CON srnn-wnienrr I-IOBSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. "2, 1915.

Application filed July 23, 1915. Serial No. 41,444.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known thatl, James A. DOLAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to horse shoes and especially to that type having slip resisting means disposed transversely of the body of the shoe at the heelv thereof. In Letters Patent No. 1,182,707 issued to me on March 23, 1915 is illustrated a shoe of this general type. As will be obvious, I do not restrict the incorporation of the invention in the specific shoe shown in said Letters Patent for the invention can be embodied in shoes of other forms. In a shoe of the kind set forth there is provided at the heel transversely of the shoe or its body a slip resisting device or element. The sides of the body of the-shoe are also capable of adjustment toward or from each other, and it is the primary purpose of the invention to provide means of an efiective character by which the desired adjustment can be obtained without in any wise disturbing the operative relation of the slip resisting element of whatever nature it may be.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification l have shown one simple and convenient form of embodiment of the invention, which to enable those skilled in the art to practise the same will be set forth fully in the following description. As may be gathered from the observations already noted, T do not limit myself to this specific disclosure; 1 may depart therefrom in several respects within the scope of the invention defined by the claims following said description.

Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of the rear half of a shoe equipped with slip resisting means involving the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the tread member being removed, the dotted lines showing how the sides of the body of the shoe are adjusted. Fi 3 is a perspective view of the-tread member.

Like characters refer to like parts through out the several views.

In Figs. 1 and 2 .l'have shown the body 2 of a shoe. This body as shown is of a form following the familiar horse shoe, being practically of U-shape. The sides or branches of the shoe proper 2 are furnished with complemental projections 8 in alinement with each other, crosswise of the shoe. These projections extendtoward each other, their inner ends being separated or spaced to provide for adjustment of the branches or sides of the body 2 toward or from each other. In Fig. 2 ll have shown by dotted lines how the branches of the body are adjusted toward each other. In conjunction with the shoe is tread member such as that denoted in a general way by 4-. This treadmember 4 comprises in its make-up a channeled member as 5 and a slip resisting device as 6, the ends of the slip resisting device projecting outwardly beyond the ends of the carrier or channeled body -The slip resisting device 6 will be hereinafter more particularly described, although I should note in passing that preferably it fits closely within the carrier or channeled member 5 which is of metal. This carrier for instance, may be made from sheet material, and it be provided with lugs 'Z. The channeled member or carrier 5 is adapted to fit flatwise against the under faces of the projections 3 and its ends overlie the body of the shoe, said ends and the projecting portions of the slip resisting; device 6 fitting the cavities or pockets 8 in the sides of the body 2 near the heel end of the shoe. Afterthe channeled member or carrier 5 with the inclosed slip resisting device is positioned, the pairs of lugs 7 will be bent around the upper faces of the mating projections 3 as illustrated in my contemporaneously pending application, Serial No. 21,016, filed April 13, 1915. Between the ends of the metallic carrier 5 and the body of the shoe may be interposed pads 9 of rubber or other suitable material. The foregoing is a concise description of a shoe already covered in a patent and a pending application with which my improvement can be efficiently used. As will be understood, this improved feature, residing in the slip resis ing device can be utilized in connection with other kinds of shoes.

The slip resisting device 6 as shown consists of sections, two being illustrated. These sections may consist of strips of canvas or other suitable material fitted flatwise against each other. and although they fit closely within the channeled carrier 5, they can be removed 7 Copies of this patent may be obtained for when desired for "replacement. It will be noted that the inner ends of the two sections of the slip resisting device 6 are like the projections 3 spaced or separated from each vice 6. The outer ends of the sections of the slip resisting device when the branches of the body 2 are in their maximum outward adjustment abut practically against the side walls of the cavities or pockets 8, and it, therefore, follows that When the sides of the body are adjusted toward each other, the sections of the slip resisting device 6 will be moved toward each otherby the movement of the sides. In some cases only one side may be adjusted,while in others, both maybe moved toward each other. If only one sideis moved inward then it follows that the section of the slip resisting device 6 directly cooperative with such side is moved inward, the other remaining at rest. It will, of course, be obvious, that the object in adjusting the body of the shoe is to accurately fit the shoe to the hoof of the horse.

Vfhat I claim is: e

j 1. A horse shoe comprising a body, the

sides of which are relatively adjustable toward and from each other, and a sectional slip resisting device extending transversely JAMES A. DOLAN.

Witnesses -L. L. MARKEL,

HEsTH LUTHERLORD.

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